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. 1996 Mar;3(3):211-2.
doi: 10.1038/nsb0396-211.

Cause of the root effect in fish haemoglobins

M F Perutz  1
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Cause of the root effect in fish haemoglobins

M F Perutz. Nat Struct Biol. 1996 Mar.

Abstract

The unusual properties of the Root effect haemoglobins in teleost fish --which allow them to pump O2 into their swim bladders and eyes against very high pressures--are illuminated in a new fish haemoglobin structure.

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